dummy : Idioms & Phrases

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baby's dummy

  • noun device used for an infant to suck or bite on
    comforter; teething ring; pacifier.
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Dummy car

  • . See under Car.
Webster 1913

dummy up

  • verb make a dummy of
    dummy.
    • dummy up the books that are to be published
  • verb refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
    shut up; close up; belt up; button up; clam up; be quiet; keep mum.
    • The children shut up when their father approached
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dummy whist

  • noun a form of whist with three players; four hands are dealt with the hand opposite the dealer being face up
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To play dummy

  • to play the exposed or dummy hand in cards. The partner of the dummy plays it.
Webster 1913

ventriloquist's dummy

  • noun a wooden dummy into which a ventriloquist projects the voice
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